Abbott's failure to listen escalates spying row

In an opinion piece in The Drum, Lowy Institute Research Fellow Dr Dave McRae says that Tony Abbott's failure to proactively defuse the spying row with Indonesia has escalated it and that to restore ties he will need to change tack.

21 November 20130 min read

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Dave McRae

Dave McRae is a Senior Research Fellow in the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne. He has researched conflict, politics, democratisation, and human rights issues in Indonesia for well over a decade.

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